Barbara Schett was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Sandrine Testud.
Singles | |
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1997 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo | |
1996 Champion | ![]() |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 7–5, 6–3 |
Testud won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Elena Makarova.
Seeds
editA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Barbara Paulus (semifinals)
- Sandrine Testud (champion)
- Barbara Schett (semifinals)
- Florencia Labat (second round)
- Silvia Farina (quarterfinals)
- Virginia Ruano-Pascual (quarterfinals)
- Francesca Lubiani (first round)
- Flora Perfetti (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking